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Annual percentage yield (variable) is 4.00% as of December 27, 2024. $10 min deposit.

Cash Reserve offered by Betterment LLC and requires a Betterment Securities brokerage account. Betterment is not a bank. Learn More.

Yield data as of 9-06-2025 for the Aggressive Target Income Portfolio, and ranges 4.24% to 5.70% across four risk levels. Blended 30-day SEC yield is calculated as the weighted average of 30-Day SEC yields for each ETF in the portfolio, net of Betterment’s 0.25% annual advisory fee.

30-Day SEC yield is a standardized calculation set by the SEC for the purpose of comparing bond funds. It represents annualized yield based on the dividends and interest earned by a fund over the last 30 days, after accounting for fund expenses.

Blended 30-day SEC yield measures income generated by the very aggressive portfolio bond ETFs over the previous 30 days, but is not an indicator of future returns and is only a component — and not a measure —of portfolio performance. Investment returns may vary depending on your chosen risk level. Not a guarantee of future performance; investing involves risk, including loss of principal. To review historical performance for each target income risk level, please visit https://www.betterment.com/blackrock-target-income-portfolio.

The blended yield will vary month-to-month as the underlying bond ETFs update their 30-day SEC yields each month.

iShares® and BlackRock® are trademarks of BlackRock and are used under license. BlackRock Target Income Portfolios themselves are not funds but are instead strategies composed of ETFs managed by BlackRock or its affiliates. Betterment is responsible for (i) making its own independent judgment as to how to use the BlackRock Target Income Portfolios with its clients and (ii) determining the appropriateness or suitability of the BlackRock Target Income Portfolio or any of the ETFs included therein for any Betterment clients. BlackRock has no contractual, advisory or fiduciary relationship with any Betterment client and does not have investment discretion over, nor does it place trade orders for, any Betterment client account. BlackRock makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect to any services offered by Betterment, including with respect to the BlackRock Target Income Portfolios.

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Special Disclosure for Betterment Cash Reserve

Betterment Cash Reserve is offered by Betterment LLC and requires a Betterment Securities brokerage account. Client funds in Cash Reserve are deposited into one or more FDIC-insured banks (“Program Banks”), where they earn variable interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance (subject to certain conditions). Funds in brokerage accounts are protected by SIPC, but funds at Program Banks are FDIC-insured up to $250K per depositor per bank, with a potential aggregate limit of $2M ($4M for joint accounts) once the funds reach one or more Program Banks. Funds in transit to or from Program Banks are generally not FDIC-insured but are covered by SIPC. FDIC insurance limits include all accounts held at a bank, not just Cash Reserve funds.

For details, see Betterment’s Cash Reserve T&Cs and Form ADV Part 2. FDIC insurance information is available at FDIC.gov.

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